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she/her, 35 | late to the party ke stan and tiresome thinkbucket | BlueTopazBK on AO3
oh my GOD! i haven't been on here in forever so totally missed this! I LOVE IT!
November 2, 2023 at 8:56 PM
there's nothing like that pressure to update to sap all the creative juices from your brain, is there? honestly i'm in awe of writers like you who were ever able to update weekly, with such high quality too. i reckon be kind to yourself and do whatever you need to do to get writing again
October 16, 2023 at 8:15 AM
bsky feed for flash fiction. No idea what it's like. not really got my head around feeds yet!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 15, 2023 at 8:25 PM
'Story Genius' is great (although a bit annoying to read).
For general inspiration i love Natalie Goldberg's 'Writing Down the Bones'
October 15, 2023 at 3:40 AM
Song of Achilles is AMAZING
October 13, 2023 at 10:22 PM
it's like we're supposed to talk to each other or something. 😬
October 13, 2023 at 8:00 AM
I still write like: "Eve did this. She thought that. And here's how it felt in her body. And look, here's a metaphor!"
So clunky.
It's amazing when a writer lets the barriers between all those things disintegrate and lets character just permeate it all - messy and real.
October 12, 2023 at 5:39 PM
and you do it insanely well. The whole worldview of the character as a way to express what's going on in their head - what they notice and how they notice it.
October 12, 2023 at 5:33 PM
characters' internal monologue is something i struggle to get right. Not sure if that's because i can't pay enough attention to the jumble in my head or what. Perhaps because if you don't know how *you* think, how can you figure out how someone else thinks?
October 12, 2023 at 7:39 AM
welcome! be prepared for how quiet it is here. Even introverts like me have to break the silence. 😂
October 11, 2023 at 10:00 PM
Ha! Idk, i think Eve might just smash it.
@prianikn.bsky.social prompt: wanna draw Eve and V with the swear jar??
October 10, 2023 at 12:37 PM
aren't ideas and motivation the same thing? Maybe not... but if you're jotting down ideas you're writing. start small.
October 9, 2023 at 6:23 PM
Didn't she feature in your list of most lesbo bears? 😂
October 8, 2023 at 10:53 PM
Thanks. This is going to fuel me through the two-hour meeting of my local queer activist group tonight!
October 5, 2023 at 8:05 AM
it's been a shit day. But we're organising.
Thank you for helping us remember we've won these battles before and we'll win them again. 💖🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️
October 4, 2023 at 9:45 PM